​India, with the help of the United States, ventures to build the world’s first Thorium Accelerator Driven System, the IADS. Dr Anil Kakodkar, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India called this a mega science project, a "necessity" for humankind. The IADS is only one out of three different Thorium reactors the country is developing, all aimed at making use of the immense indigenous energy resource the country has available in Thorium.

The new Thorium Remix by Gordon McDowell is now out and free to watch on YouTube. We chose to feature it as a full screen landing page because it shows very well what contribution a single person with a keen interest can make, great job Gordon! At 2 hours it is quite a lengthy piece of material. Just like Kirk Sorensen has done before, it uses space exploration in an interesting way to make the point that the Thorium Molten Salt Reactor is the best energy option we know exists today.

What do you think is especially good and what could have been made different?Let us know your thoughts about the video in the comments below. ​

Watch Bjorn Stigson, Former President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, talk about sustainability, thorium energy’s potential role in the world’s future energy mix, and public perception of nuclear in an interview conducted during the Thorium Energy Conference in Mumbai...

​Positive on Thorium but negative on the cost, Sir Martyn Poliakoff suspects that if nuclear power development would be started today for civilian use only, the cost would be prohibitive and we would never go for nuclear power.
Is there a solution to the cost of nuclear? Let us know in the comments.

The Advanced Nuclear Summit, organised by Third Way and Department of Energy, brought together policymakers, innovators, venture capitalists and other investors who are developing advanced nuclear technology to discuss how the private sector is financing new plants, and what the federal government could do help jump-start a new nuclear era. What the event demonstrates is that there is a robust advanced nuclear sector being developed by private companies and research institutions. What is missing is modern regulation for these new technologies...

The UK government sees potential in the UK becoming a global exporter of small modular reactors and helping drive a major expansion of nuclear energy worldwide. It has committed £250 million to R&D in the nuclear fission area. ‘For nuclear to become a dominant global power source, the economics of nuclear power must be restored. This can only be done by making nuclear energy intrinsically safer, instead of adding layer on layer of engineered safety systems. Molten salt reactors can achieve this.’ concludes EPD...

EPD sees that ‘Thorium, an accessible, radio-actively fertile material, will eventually become the global energy resource of choice...